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On their second album, Reboot , Treasure takes the best from the American boy band era and energizes it with over-the-top K-pop flair. Seriously, all of these songs are doing the most, which makes for a fast-paced, dynamic, and just straight up super fun listen. The production is dazzlingly slick, the vocals are distinctive, heartfelt, and easy-to-love. Reboot is retro pop at its best. More

Genre: World

2nd Full Album 'Reboot' [Version 2] (CD)

Treasure

On their second album, Reboot , Treasure takes the best from the American boy band era and energizes it with over-the-top K-pop flair. Seriously, all of these songs are doing the most, which makes for a fast-paced, dynamic, and just straight up super fun listen. The production is dazzlingly slick, the vocals are distinctive, heartfelt, and easy-to-love. Reboot is retro pop at its best. More

Genre: World

2nd Full Album 'Reboot' [Version 3] (CD)

Treasure

On their second album, Reboot , Treasure takes the best from the American boy band era and energizes it with over-the-top K-pop flair. Seriously, all of these songs are doing the most, which makes for a fast-paced, dynamic, and just straight up super fun listen. The production is dazzlingly slick, the vocals are distinctive, heartfelt, and easy-to-love. Reboot is retro pop at its best. More

Genre: World

Shout Sister Shout (CD)

Ghalia Volt

Ghalia Volt has to be one of the most electrifying, innovative artists working in blues today. On Shout Sister Shout , the Belgian-born guitarist and singer creates smokey, scorching hot tracks that'll keep listeners coming back for more. The album calls to mind some of the all-time great modern blues artists while adding some distinctive, unexpected flair all Volt's own: it's perhaps no surprise she grew up listening to punk before getting into rockabilly and psychobilly and discovering the blues. Shout Sister Shout is guaranteed to heat up your day. More

Genre: Blues

The Sound Of Music [OST] (CD)

Cast Recording [Film]

Here's one for the classic film and musicals fans in your life. The 2023 version of The Sound Of Music soundtrack promises eleven alternate takes that'll be new to fans of the film, plus forty previously unreleased tracks, and unheard vocals from Christopher Plummer. Among the previously unavailable tracks are "New Governess," which didn't make its way into the film, and “The Little Dears,” a combo of “I Have Confidence” and “My Favorite Things." Naturally, all your favorites are here, too. This deluxe version of The Sound of Music soundtrack is guaranteed to delight and surprise. More

Genre: Soundtracks

Live At Sydney Opera House (LP)

Khruangbin

Live at Sydney Opera House is the final installment in Khruangbin's year-long series of live albums. And what a showstopper it is! The double-LP includes songs from throughout the genre-defying band's career, all infused with the dynamic, vibrant, edge-of-your-seat feeling of their concert performances. The songs get into gorgeous, hypnotic grooves. They take unexpected, delightful detours. Basically, these songs remind you why Khruangbin is one of the most electrifying, soulful, and experimental live acts today. You'll want to get lost in this one. More

Genre: Rock

Fear Of Fear (LP)

Spiritbox

Spiritbox has to be one of the most promising acts in metal. On their latest, The Fear of Fear , the band delivers an absolutely blistering collection of songs that's steeped in both the darkness of modern life and the hope for a better world. The vocals are aggressive and brutal...and also haunting. The ferocity of the music combined with the sometimes distressingly beautiful voice of singer Courtney LaPlante makes for a powerful listen. Intense, propulsive, and unforgettable, this one will lodge in your heart as well as in your overblown eardrums. More

Genre: Rock

The Last Voyage Of Demeter (BLU)

Based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, The Last Voyage of the Demeter chronicles the doomed journey of a merchant ship ferrying mysterious wooden crates from Carpathia to London. The crew soon discover that they are not alone on board, and are stalked by a stowaway whose thirst for blood turns the trip into a nightmare of terror. More

Pastlife (CD)

Day Wave

On Day Wave's second album, Pastlife , artist Jackson Phillips confronts the challenges of growing up and getting older. Thwarted ambitions, missed connections, and finding a way forward give this album a dreamy, wistful, shimmering tone that'll get under your skin in the most pleasant way. Because who can't relate? Pastlife is a gorgeous, thoughtful collection of songs that offers no easy answers, but does provide comfort and beauty as we all move forward from the younger versions of ourselves. Featuring guest appearances from KennyHoopla and Hazel English. More

Genre: Rock

Become EP (CD)

Beach House

The Become EP features five extra tracks from the Once Twice Melody sessions that the band felt didn’t quite fit the sound. With highlights like “Devil’s Pool” and “Holiday House,” this is a short, satisfying dose of reverb-drenched, spacious Beach House music. More

Genre: Rock

Fallen [20th Anniversary Edition] (CD)

Evanescence

The GRAMMY Award-winning Fallen is the 2003 major-label debut of Evanescence. Fallen epitomizes the Evanescence sound – dark, haunting layers of Ben Moody’s Nu-metal guitar riffs, Amy Lee’s soaring vocals, and ethereal piano and strings, all grounded with an industrial drum beat and Lee’s highly personal lyrics. The production may be slick and polished, but this is music of the apocalypse. More

Genre: Rock

Sonic Mojo (CD)

Foghat

The legendary Foghat is back with Sonic Mojo , their first studio album since 2016's Under the Influence . Longtime fans of the band will dig this release; the music sounds like prime Foghat and could easily have been plumbed from the band's earliest days. With drummer Roger Earl at the helm and songs co-written by Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown), Sonic Mojo is backed by an impeccable rock 'n' roll pedigree. The band also tackles covers from the likes of Willie Dixon, Howlin’ Wolf, and Chuck Berry, making for a brand new blues rock album that already sounds like a classic. More

Genre: Rock

I Hope You Can Forgive Me (CD)

Madison McFerrin

Wow. Madison McFerrin's I Hope You Can Forgive Me is a stunner. "Run" begins as a neo-soul scorcher before morphing into an utterly haunting electronic number. The title track is a shimmering combination of R&B and electronic music with an undercurrent of desperation and moments of transcendence. McFerrin's voice has immense range: velvety at the lower registers and dulcet at the higher. Her lyrics, too, are exceptional: you'll think you're listening to a standard R&B romantic ballad before McFerrin subtly flips the narrative. An instant obsession from the opening notes. More

Genre: Rock

Signs Of Life (CD)

Neil Gaiman, FourPlay String Quartet

Neil Gaiman has an album? Often, it's an odd experience to see a beloved artist enter a new arena but in this case, it ultimately just makes so much sense. Australian quartet FourPlay pulls emotion out of their instruments in a way that only sweeping, searing strings can convey. Gaiman delivers spoken word poems and stories set to FourPlay's compositions and collaborative songs written by Gaiman and the quartet. When Gaiman backs up Lara Goodridge on "Bloody Sunrise," it's like a technicolor-hued golden age of Hollywood musical number...just like, sung by the undead. At other times, the songs are melancholy and strange, imaginative and transportive, like some fantastical combination of dark fairy tale and chamber music. Signs of Life may not be your happily ever after, but it certainly will make fans happy for the length of its delightful run time. More

Genre: Rock

A Christmas Album [Red Vinyl] (LP)

Bright Eyes

There's a quality to Conor Oberst's voice that lends itself readily to the magic and melancholy of the holiday season. Originally released as an online exclusive in 2002, Bright Eyes' A Christmas Album is being reissued in time to add some crackling vinyl warmth to your holiday. Oberst and Maria Taylor alternate vocals, giving the album an interesting blend of grounded and slightly ethereal. The arrangements stay mostly true to the traditional versions, with a bit of enjoyable indie quirk thrown in, because, after all, this is a Bright Eyes Christmas album. More

Genre: Rock, Holiday

Christmas Stories (CD)

Christian Sands

Make this your most elegant, evocative holiday season yet with Christian Sands's Christmas Stories . The GRAMMY and NAACP Image Award nominee adds warmth and pizazz to these familiar songs, fusing lounge, jazz, and even exotica to create some swingin' tracks that would feel as comfortable in 1963 as they do in 2023. Many of these tracks are a part of Sands' acclaimed live holiday performances, both at Jazz at Lincoln Center and around the globe. Cascading piano, sultry rhythms, delicate bells, and atmospheric vibraphone make this a holiday album that's a cut above. More

Genre: Holiday

Love Or Loved, Pt. 2 (CD)

B.I.

Heartbreak has never sounded as enjoyable as it does on B.I.'s Love or Loved Pt. 2 . The K-pop idol delivers smooth, impactful, and ultimately irresistible tales about the pain of lost love and the slow, circuitous path to feeling better. The verses are smart, relatable, and entertaining while the choruses are total infectious earworms. Fans will find this short but sweet release stays on constant rotation. After all, there are worse things than getting emotional with the talented B.I. More

Genre: World

Laugh Track (CD)

The National

The National's Laugh Track is one of the band's best and most brilliant records to date. Fans of the band perhaps won't be surprised to learn that it's emotionally devastating in the most hurts-so-good way: taken in combination with the raw, all-too-relatable lyrics, the aching strings used through the album convey enough unfulfilled longing to make you stop what you're doing, sigh meaningfully, and stare forlornly into the middle distance. Fortunately, Laugh Track is an ultimately cathartic listen. Featuring excellent guest appearances from Bon Iver, Rosanne Cash, and Phoebe Bridgers, it's no exaggeration to say this LP is a masterpiece. More

Genre: Rock

The Holdovers [OST] (LP)

Various Artists

Prefer your holiday soundtracks on the wry side? Then you'll dig The Holdovers soundtrack, the musical companion piece to Alexander Payne's Paul Giamatti-starrer about a misfit group of holiday holdouts at a New England prep school. The original compositions by Mark Orton give a nod to classic '70s film music; inspired by the likes of Carol King and Cat Stevens, the tracks are endowed with a sense of restlessness and adventure, warmth and familiarity. The other tracks are a mix of Christmas and non-Christmas, throwback and contemporary, with selections from Khruangbin, Shocking Blue, The Allman Brothers, and Andy Williams. A cozy listen that readily evokes the movie's milieu. More

Genre: Soundtracks

Hold (CD)

Wild Nothing

Virginia singer-songwriter Jack Tatum, aka Wild Nothing, gets a little help from friends Becca Minari, Molly Burch, and members of Beach Fossils and Hatchie on his fifth album, Hold . Tatum overlays funky, dancey grooves underneath sincere lyrics laying bare his trials and tumultuous times. More

Genre: Rock

Neil Gaiman, FourPlay String Quartet

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